A reason to most is to blog so they are able to make money. But there was a poll done at problogger. It has shown that it came close, while blogging people figured they can make some extra change for the keys that the pressed.

Problogger Poll Chart

photo by: problogger.net

Each person has a different reason as why they choose to blog. Some just want to give out information, some find it a good way to get some of their talent out and try to compensate for it. For me, blogging is a new thing, in the future I might blog “fulltime”, but I don’t see it happening. This is more of a way for me to do a personal brand, and to show people my work. At the most, I would like to make a few bucks, “to buy that cup of coffee” per say.

There is other ways to make money than just blogging:

• Website Design
• Flipping (selling) Websites
• Selling ebooks
• Youtube Partnership program
• Freelance writing, graphic design
• Teaching and Consulting
• Owning other types of websites (directories, forums etc)
• Business Documentation site
• Developing web applications
• Online Surveys
• Paid to Click Sites
• Selling Products and Merchandise
• Affiliate Marketing
• Writing on User Generated Content (Revenue Sharing) Sites
• Make Online Games
• Online Store – Selling Products
• eBay
• Selling Art
• Business Referrals
• Market Research
• Software Development
• Working as a Transcriptionist
• Membership Sites
• Generating Sales for Off-line Business from Websites

Why do you blog? Whats your intent?